Aurora · Licensed family home

Alvarez, Martha C

Larger family home, licensed for up to 12 children.
Shortlist has found no website for it yet.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 6 of its 8 licensing inspections since June 2019.

Of the 183 Chicago-area family homes with 8 licensing inspections, 20% had rules cited at 6 of them, as this home did. 42% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Apr 7, 2026No rules cited

Mar 27, 20253 citations

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)

Apr 10, 20244 citations

Children Under 30 Months of Age
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(d)(3)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(i)
A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

Sep 13, 20235 citations

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(c)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(f)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(g)

1 more from this inspection

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(i)

May 26, 2023No rules cited

Mar 17, 20224 citations

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1)
Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2)
General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(3)

Jul 17, 20201 citation

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j)

Jun 11, 20192 citations

Records and Reports
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b)
Health, Medical Care and Safety
89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(4)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: April 7, 2026
On file: 8 visits since June 2019 — 2 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was April 28, 2025. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious: Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Apr 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2025 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · March 27, 2025

Health, Medical Care and Safety

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) through (1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a) · 408.70(a)(1)

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(b)(9) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Apr 2024 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · April 10, 2024

Records and Reports

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(h) · 408.120(i)

Children Under 30 Months of Age

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.105(d)(3) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, FHSEC305.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Sep 2023 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · September 13, 2023

General Requirements for Group Day Care Home Family

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) through (i) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.35(a) · 408.35(c) · 408.35(f) · 408.35(g) · 408.35(i)

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

May 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Mar 2022 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · March 17, 2022

General Requirements for Group Day Care Homes

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.30(n)(3) · Violation corrected

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(h) · Violation corrected

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(a)(1) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(a)(2) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2020 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 17, 2020

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.60(j) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jun 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · June 11, 2019

Health, Medical Care and Safety

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.70(d)(4) · Violation corrected

Records and Reports

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 408.120(b) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 564684 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

6302290887

Address: 1590 Kenmore Ave
License: license issued (il)

Run Alvarez, Martha C? Correct or add anything here, free.

Add what is missing

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked August 2026.

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Phone, Address, License sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "ALVAREZ, MARTHA C" under Provider Name and 60505 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 564684).

Larger means licensed for 9 to 12 children, among Chicago-area’s 3,345 licensed family homes by state-licensed capacity. Small is 2 to 7; mid-size is 8.